Inspirational Quotes - Page 463

Dearest Jesus, holy child, make thee a bed, soft, undefiled, within my heart, that it may be a quiet chamber kept for thee.

Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance is a celebration of that miracle.

Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret.

A free race cannot be born of slave mothers.

I read for pleasure and that is the moment I learn the most.

How to succeed? Try hard enough.

Penetrate the heart of just one drop of water, and you will be flooded by a hundred oceans.

Distinguish between real needs and artificial wants and control the latter.

I don't reject Christ. I love Christ. It's just that so many of you Christians are so unlike Christ.

If you can't return a favor, pass it on.

If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.

Make no mistake about it, magick is an art form, and every true magician is an artist.

Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice.

If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.

In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.

When people don't express themselves, they die one piece at a time.

There is really a je ne sais quoi about turkey cooking - the air of festivity, the family squabbles, the constant basting - that does not apply to the turkey breast, which is, really, a convenience of food... A turkey without seasonal angst is like a baseball game without a national anthem, a winter without snow, a birthday party without candles.

The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.

When you find the way/ others will find you./ Passing by on the road/ they will be drawn to your door./ The way that cannot be heard/ will be echoed in your voice./ The way that cannot be seen/ will be reflected in your eyes.

Whatever is flexible and living will tend to grow; whatever is rigid and blocked will wither and die.

The Black Mamba collection of watches is me: It is my alter ego, so to speak. As I mentioned before, it is sharp, cutting edge and sleek which are characteristics I try to apply when I’m out there on the basketball court.

No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge. The teacher who walks in the shadow of the temple, among his followers, gives not of his wisdom but rather of his faith and his lovingness. If he is indeed wise he does not bid you enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind.

And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb.

I'm just trying to grow. That's one thing I told myself is, 'Don't worry about who people say is the best player'.

I think one thing you could probably say for all my albums is that they're all pretty eclectic pop. There's always a little bit of urban influence, some dance, a little bit of country, singer-songwriter, pop-rock. I like everything! On every album you can find that.